Life is Beautiful: The school is here!

And so the long awaited school year finally came. Kade started 3rd grade and Anika preschool. It was a bit of a rough start since we missed the official first day of school being on our little trip and the next day Kade got a croup cough so he had to stay home. That day Ehren just took Anika to school by herself. The next day Kade was all ready to go to school and had so much fun there. It was the first year he wasn't homesick on the first day and came home excited saying "I didn't even cry one bit mom!" My boy is sure growing up, he needs me less and less every day it seems like. Anika loves school and was so ready to go. She really is almost the age of other kindergarten kids but she misses the Sept 1st cut-off so that's really why she really loves it and it doesn't even faze her that she's away from home. The school is having major problems with their busing though and my poor Ani was on the bus for almost 2 hours the first day. Today I'm going to pick her up because of that and even though the teacher was saying how they're going to work it out, I don't think I want to wait until they try to do the changes and will just keep picking her up. The bus is on time and doesn't take long in the morning at all, just after preschool is over.

So today was the first day when Kade and Ani went on the bus together and they were so cute. Kade loves to take care of Anika when he's on his own, he likes to be in charge and be the responsible one. That love is not shown as much when we're home :) but at least I know he is good with her when I'm not there. Poor Kason was so hurt this morning though and when I tried to tell him I'll be right back in the house after the bus leaves he insisted he's going with us to the driveway in his pyjamas. He was excited for a while about the bus coming and then when he started to realize they're going on the bus and he has to stay home he got really upset. He just cried and cried that he wanted to go on the bus. The funny thing is that I know he'd do just fine in a preschool on his own, he's so ready but he will have to wait until he's 4. I am pretty sure he'll be crying about going to school next year on the days there is no preschool because it is only 3 times a week. I am really glad his cousin Emily comes to our house on the days Ani goes to preschool because they play really well together and he doesn't feel alone. But at the same time I think he does like a little time alone with me because he gets so much more of my attention, playing with him and doing things with him that he doesn't get when all the kids are at our house. They're all just growing up so fast, it is hard to believe it sometimes.